The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-08
CAPITAL CITY CRAYONS.
Gov. Gordon Commutes the Death
Sentence of Holman.

| ATLANTA, GA, July THE Governor
to-day committed to life imprisonment the
death sentence of William Holman, who
was to hang tomorrow for the murder OF
Matilda Gudger at Dalton. Numerous pc
! titions were made for Communication by the
| citizens of Whitfield county, Endorsed by
eleven of the jury that convicted, including
the foreman, and by the Judge and
Solicitor General. Holman was
convicted on the testimony of two
abandoned wolEan who have since sworn
to the grand jury that they had committed
perjury. Without their evidence Holman
! could not have been convicted, and there is
grave doubts Of his guilt. 1t was after a
! final conference this morning with the At
| toIney General and Judge Fair, who I'M
quahhedly approved, that the Governor
commuted the sentence. A report was cir
culated in Dalton this morning that Holman
had taken poison, and another that he had
butted his brains out on the walls of his
cell. They were without foundation. Hol-
man will be carried TO the Rising Fawn
camp.
GEoRGIA's MILITIA,
The Adiutant General states that his
requisition for arms and accOuntrcments for
three or four new companies has encrOached
between 1000 and 5000 on the 81 600 of
GeOrgia's quota of the new government
appropriation The worst of it is that
Georgia is already ovcrdrawn on last year
nearly So 900, so that there is only a small
margin left The War Department has
notified the Adiutnnt General that over
drafts will not be hOnored hereafter.
GEORGIA CROPS.
Tho advance sheets Of the July crop re
port as collected and compiled by the De
partment of Agriculture show all the crops
in growing healthy condition. Cotton and
corn promise the best crops for years Fruit
is not SO good as it was reported for June.
A favorable season is reported generally
throughout the State
The House Finance Committee this after
noon decided that the proceeds of the sale of
the Spartanburg and Asheville railroad
bonds is part OF the common fund, and
should be covered into the Treasury as
such The minority held that the bonds
were public property, and that the proceeds
under the constitution should go to the pub
lie debt.
BURGLARS USE CHLORoFoRM.
The house of J. NJ. Bradley, a prominent
Decatur street grocer was entered by bur
glars early this morning, who sprinkled
chlOroform on the bed and floor, throwing
Mr.. Bradley and his wife into a deep, stupe
flying slumber The top mattress was
then lifted and $50 in greenbacks slipped
good their escape, and Mr.. Bradley and his
wife slept on long after the hour at which
they are accustomed to awake. The
money stolen belonged to "a church of this
city.
WINE SELLER FINED.
Augustus Flesh, the'Decatur street wine
room man, was arrigned in tho City Court
to-day on two cases for violation of the pro
hibition law. He entered plea of guilty
in one case, and was sentenced to pay $500
or serve six months in the
chain gang He was allowed to settle
the other case by paying costs. The Judge
was thus light on Fleish because he made an
affidavit that he will sell no more liquor and
will close out his business at No 5 Decatur
street in ten days.
Giles Moore, an old negro man living near
the old exposition grounds, was convicted of
selling liquor at his house, and was sentenced
to pay $500 or serve six months. He gave
bond and will move for new trial
Luther King, a 10-year-old white boy,
was drowned while bathing in the pond be
You'd Ponce DeI.eon Springs this afternoon
Late this afternoon Mrs C. p. John,
while riding in Grants Park, was thrown
from her buggy on her head and badly
hurt.